IAC and Ask.com Goes Local. Again.

IAC, owner of Ask.com (as well as Evite, Ticketmaster, CitySearch, and lots of other sites you hate but use anyway), is launching a new local service that ties together their various Web properties. CEO and Chairman Barry Diller told Reuters...

IAC, owner of Ask.com (as well as Evite, Ticketmaster, CitySearch, and lots of other sites you hate but use anyway), is launching a new local service that ties together their various Web properties. CEO and Chairman Barry Diller told Reuters the new AskCity service will launch on December 4th and...well...didn't give too many specifics beyond that (don't bother reading the 400-word Reuters write-up).

If this is meant to be a full-blown CitySearch replacement, I think it'll be a while before IAC can convince CitySearch's users to try something else. It's like the MapQuest scenario: there are better services out there, but when Average Joe needs driving direction, he still goes to MapQuest. And when he needs restaurant reviews, he goes to CitySearch.

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